I love to create cards and it seems people enjoy receiving them. You'll often find me amidst a stack of paper, glitter, stamps and inks playing with my supplies. If you would like to make an order, email me at cardsbycara AT hotmail DOT com

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Friday, July 22, 2011

I love experimenting with the impression plates and dies from Papertrey Ink. Here are some simple cards I made:

I stamped the sentiment from the dress form set from PTI as well.

I used the text style impression plate and the dress form die for the first card and then for the second, used the sunshine impression plate and same die. Love the simplicity!

The patterned papers are from a pack of American crafts.

I have been really good about not buying craft related items for a while but that is not lasting for long ... :P There are some amazing products out with the combination of Basic Grey and Hero Arts - how gorgeous their collaboration has been!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

I stamped in a variety of colours with the damask background stamp using a mask from label basics to mask off the centre area. I really love the way that Colorbox Frost White's ink looks on the grey paper.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Dawn McVey did a fabulous video on how to use edger dies to make pockets for cards and so I was inspired to do one of my own. Here's what I did:

I stamped the background with Wonderful Words additions and then made a pocket with the edgers die. I used the cane print impression plate inked with versamark. I cut out 'lucky' with the Wonderful Words die and tucked a tag inside:

I stamped Text Style II as the background with Versamark and used a Jenni Bowlin green ink that I embossed. I used some twine and was done.

Some more hybrid cardmaking! I printed a bird cage that I found on the internet and then stamped Papertrey's Little Bitty Bird and cut out a die cut of the bird in white felt. I added a speck of Ename Accents in black, a bit of twine and then stamped a sentiment below.

I embossed with clear embossing powder and also stamped red hearts. Easy peasy!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

I stamped PTI's Background Basics open polka dots repeatedly in a variety of Jenni Bowlin colours and then cut out some Beautiful Blooms die cuts from some book print. I coloured it with the Jenni Bowlin inks and liberally sprayed it with Perfect Pearls in my mini mister. It's hard to see the amount of shine this gives off but it is fabulous! I used a pearl in the centre and stamped a free Lawn Fawn stamp sentiment at the bottom. Added some scoring and voilà! Rounded corners finishes it off.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

I am a recent addition to the Summer Card Camp and am excited about the inspiration to come!

I was impressed with week one's colour combo from the Summer Card Camp and decided to look for those colours in my supplies. I luckily found a paper pad with lots of bright colours and went to town.

Here's what I came up with:

I used the PTI In Bloom stamp set and die and impression plate. I also used the Edgers die which I am loving!! I popped up the flowers in differing levels - the larger one with one layer of foam dots and the two smaller ones with two layers. I also scored two lines with my scoring board to add some interest.

I used the same ATD vibrant textured paper pack and cut various colours to create a ray like design inspired by Kristina Werner. I used my fabulous fillable frames #4 die and stamp in Jenni Bowlin spiced tin and then the Paper Smooches sentiment in Distress Inks dusty concord. Love those distress inks!!

Friday, July 1, 2011

I love using all sorts of different images and found this fabulous clipart picture of an old car. I thought this would be perfect for a brother in law birthday card - nice and manly! I printed it on kraft card stock and then started stamping.

I added some Glossy Accents on the wheels and stamped the sentiment in Chili Powder ink from Jenni Bowlin before embossing it with clear powder.